After 20 Years, Yahoo Is Killing Its Founding Feature, The Yahoo Directory

In 1994, Stanford students Jerry Yang and David Filo listed a
bunch of their favorite websites on a single directory page. They
grew and managed that list until Yahoo was founded and the tool
became a popular way to find content on the Internet.

20 years later, Yahoo is shutting down its founding feature,
the directory.

Yahoo was started nearly 20 years ago as a directory of websites
that helped users explore the Internet. While we are still
committed to connecting users with the information they’re
passionate about, our business has evolved and at the end of 2014
(December 31), we will retire the Yahoo Directory. Advertisers will be upgraded
to a new service; more details to be communicated
directly.